More from this issue:

1. "Victims' Rights" as a Stalkinghorse for State Repression, by Paul Wright
2. No Equal Justice: Race and Class in the American Criminal Justice System, by David Cole (Review), by Alex Friedmann
3. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
4. PLN Sues Alabama DOC Over Gift Subscription Ban
5. Notes from the Unrepenitentiary, by Laura Whitehorn
6. Prison-Industrial Complex Conferences Are Spreading the Word, by Hans Sherrer
7. Kentucky Jail Settles Strip Search Suit for $11.5 Million
8. Washington 35% Law Struck Down by State Court
9. Washington Legislature Amends 35% Law, Again, by Paul Wright
10. Washington DOC Illegally Penalizes Indigents
11. Class Action Suits Challenge Rip-Off Prison and Jail Phone Rates
12. FCC Requires Rate Disclosure for Prison Phones
13. Kentucky Utilities Commission Reduces Prison and Jail Phone Rates
14. Warden Used "Force" in Sexual Assault
15. Private Prison Operators Enter Medical Care Market, by Alex Friedmann
16. Jury Awards Beaten Texas Prisoner $250,000
17. Physical Injury Rule Applied to Pre-PLRA Asbestos Exposure
18. CCA Settles Youngstown Suit for $2.48 Million
19. Attorney Fees Must Be Expressly Reserved
20. PLN Sues Utah Jail over "Bulk Mail" Ban
21. First Amendment Guarantees Kosher Meals
22. Frivolous Qualified Immunity Appeals Warrant Sanctions
23. Individual Capacity Claims Not Applicable to RA and ADA
24. Franklin Reversed; DC Prisoners Have No Right to Qualified Interpreters
25. No Qualified Immunity for Texas Sheriff and CCRI Guards Who Abused Missouri Prisoners
26. No Liberty Interest in Illinois Parole Laws
27. BOP Erred in Denying Early Release Eligibility
28. Denial of Pain Medication Violates Eighth Amendment
29. Motive Question Precludes Summary Judgment in Medical Suit
30. Tarrant County Jail's Christian Education Unit May Violate Texas and Federal Establishment Clauses
31. Iowa Ban on Tapes with Parental Warning Upheld, by Paul Wright
32. AA Probation Requirement Continues to Violate Establishment Clause
33. Pro Se IFP Litigant Entitled to Amend Suit in Second Circuit
34. California Guard Union Doles Out Millions to Politicians
35. PLRA Consent Decree Termination Provision Upheld by 2nd and 3rd Circuits
36. Costs Imposed Regardless of Ability to Pay
37. PLRA Attorney Fee Cap Applies in $65,000 Beating Case
38. Heck Doesn't Apply After Release from Prison
39. No Administrative Exhaustion Requirement for Ex-Prisoners
40. PLRA Doesn't Require Notice of Claim for Exhaustion
41. Contaminated Water Claim Not Barred by PLRA Physical Injury Rule
42. BOP Warden Held in Contempt for Failure to Forward PLRA Filing Fee
43. Seventh Circuit Clarifies Good Faith Appeal Standard, Again
44. News in Brief
45. Alabama Jail Injuction Dissolved

More from these topics:

• Muslim New York Prisoner’s Free Exercise of Religion Claim Reinstated, Jan. 15, 2025. State Law Claims, Religious Freedom, Denial of Religious Services, Religious Freedom/Worship.
• Fifth Circuit Revives Suit by Nation of Gods and Earth Prisoner Demanding Religious Recognition by Texas Prison Officials, May 1, 2023. Religious Freedom, Denial of Religious Services.
• Fifth Circuit: Texas Prison Property Rules Withstand Scrutiny Under Religious Free-Exercise Clause, March 1, 2023. Religious Freedom, Religious Property.
• Nevada Muslim Prisoner Wins Suit Over Denial of Jumu’ah Prayer, Jan. 1, 2023. Summary Judgment, Settlements, Required Religious Programming.
• Second Circuit: No Qualified Immunity for Wardens Accused of Violating Religious Freedom of Muslim Prisoners in Connecticut, Jan. 1, 2023. Religious Discrimination, Religious Freedom, Immunity - Absolute and Qualified, Religious Freedom/Worship, Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA).
• “One of the Most Egregious Violations of Church-State Separation” Prisons Welcome Fundamentalist Christian Education Programs Despite Conflicts with the Constitution, July 15, 2022. Religious Freedom, Religious Practices.
• Tenth Circuit Says Parolee May Not be Forced to Participate in Religious Program Under Threat of Jail, May 1, 2022. Threats by Staff, Required Religious Programming, Conditions of.
• Ninth Circuit Reverses Lower Court’s Dismissal of California Prisoner’s Religious Freedom Lawsuit, Feb. 1, 2021. Religious Freedom, Tolling of Statutes of Limitations and Laches, Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA).
• Prisoner Wins Preliminary Injunction Against PADOC Policy Banning Islamic Fezzes, Feb. 4, 2020. Religious Discrimination, Religious Freedom, Religious Property.
• Georgia Prison System Ordered to Amend Policy to Allow Three-Inch Beards, Dec. 10, 2019. Religious Discrimination, Religious Freedom, Religious Grooming.